Audencia’s continuing education offering experienced a turbulent year due to the pandemic situation. Nevertheless, we were able to continue to make progress on certain projects that are crucial to the future of our school, via more advanced support mechanisms for companies, such as Tipping Point.

In tandem, we continued to develop our programmes in the field of sustainable finance and innovation (the CVO Executive Master, for example) but also internationally (particularly in China and Africa, through MSc or EMBA programmes). This year, we have also developed our digital offer, with the implementation of new content that allows us to offer face-to-face, mixed face-to-face/digital and full digital training. Finally, we have strengthened the flexibility of our offer with the introduction of certificate schemes enabling diplomas to be obtained over a period adapted to the learner’s pace. In concrete terms, if a diploma is equivalent to obtaining 3 certificates, the learner has the possibility of completing his or her diploma over a longer or shorter period of time, depending on professional constraints. 2021 also witnessed the development of the DBA offer in Paris and in China. This development goes hand in hand with the launch of the MBA/ DBA community, which allows for maximum synergy between several territories: Africa, Europe and Asia.

For 2022, we have 3 major projects ahead of us and the Executive Education team. The first is to move towards the most comprehensive offer possible for companies.

This offer should include both professional training needs and career support for employees, as well as everything related to integrated innovation for employees (similar to what is done with the Tipping Point). The second project of 2022 concerns the strengthening of our CSR offer to directors, executives and managers of companies. This enrichment includes the introduction of a CSR certificate for directors, seminars for management committees on responsible development and the deployment of a Gaia online certificate on ecological and social transition. Finally, the third major project aims to continue the development of our Executive Education offer abroad, in particular via customised training offers in China and Africa.

CSR influences the whole of Executive Education through several actions, Firstly, through the establishment of a scholarship for excellence among high-potential women in the various continuing education programmes, and secondly, by means of introducing of new CSR-oriented offers, such as CSR certificates for directors, the certificate for ecological and social transition for employees or management seminars oriented towards ecological and social transition.

Finally, we also have a CSR approach to our business models. This involves the choice of our suppliers for catering, the choice of our travel (face-to-face / distance learning mix), our exchanges via digital platforms, and the implementation of a carbon footprint for all our activities. All these aspects show the extent to which CSR has an impact on Audencia and its stakeholders; this is a further demonstration that it is a true development culture promoted by all to create a better world.